2007 Top 13 Safest Cars in the US Options

[fishbone]

De pe MSN Autos
http://autos.msn.com/advice/article.aspx?contentid=4023649

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety picks the 13 safest cars of the 2007 model year.

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Large Cars
Audi A6 (manufactured in Dec. 2006 and later)


Midsize Cars
Audi A4
Saab 9-3
Subaru Legacy *


Minivans
Hyundai Entourage
Kia Sedona *


Luxury SUVs
Mercedes-Benz M-Class
Volvo XC90


Midsize SUVs
Acura RDX
Honda Pilot
Subaru B9 Tribeca


Small SUVs
Honda CR-V
Subaru Forester


* indicates information is not available yet for the 2007 model year.

Haide si ceva vorbareala ca sa vedem cum se fac testele

Crash Test Evaluations
The IIHS's frontal crash evaluations are based on results of 40-mph frontal offset crash tests. Each vehicle's evaluation is based on the amount of intrusion into the passenger compartment, injury measures from a Hybrid III dummy in the driver seat, and analysis of slow-motion film to assess how well dummy's movements were controlled by the restraint system during the test.

Each vehicle's side evaluation is based on performance in a crash test in which the side of the vehicle is struck by a barrier moving at 31 mph. Ratings reflect injury measures recorded on two instrumented SID-IIs dummies, assessment of head protection countermeasures, and the vehicle's structural performance during the impact.

Injury measures obtained from the two dummies, one in the driver seat and the other in the back seat behind the driver, are used to determine the likelihood that a driver and/or passenger in a real-world crash would have sustained serious injury. The movements and contacts of the dummies' heads during the crash also are evaluated. Structural performance is based on measurements indicating the amount of B-pillar intrusion into the passenger compartment.

Rear crash protection is rated according to a two-step procedure. First, measurements are taken of head restraint geometry—the height of a restraint and its horizontal distance behind the back of the head of an average-size man. Seats with good or acceptable restraint geometry are tested dynamically using a dummy that measures forces on the neck. This test simulates a collision in which a stationary vehicle is struck in the rear at 20 mph. Seats without good or acceptable geometry are rated poor overall.

Deci vezi, f1anatic, n-o avea Subaru motor de Top 10 Ward, da' sunt sigure a dracu. Nici urma de BMW si Infiniti/Nissan, 2 firme care eu ma asteptam sa fi fost pe lista

[James Kilowatt]

Totusi se poate spune ca europenele sunt la inaltime, cam in toate categoriile unde sunt prezente.

[fishbone]

Din cele 13, 5 sunt europene. But that's not the point. The point is, uite ca si Kia iti ofera o siguranta extraordinara, la fel ca si Subaru, la o fractiune din pretul celor scumpe, daca tot cauti sa interpretezi.